Manthast Absolutely amazing

Dotbankey A lot of fun.

Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Keith Pangilinan I learned that this was an original film made by SciFi (or SyFy, I ain't sure when it was made). Apparently that network hasn't learned anything from when it aired "Mystery Science Theater 3000" unless it does have a somewhat sadistically ironic awareness. "Shockwave" (a.k.a. "A.I. Assault") is pretty much like Jim Wynorski's equally repugnant "Komodo vs. Cobra" in that you have a one-dimensional cast of characters that shrinks anytime the villains (tripod ripoffs in this movie or economy-size reptiles in the other one) kill one person. Also notice that all the men are armed & spent much of the movie shooting at the aliens w/ Doc Ock appendages w/o conjuring up better strategies along the way. The women on the other hand can only scream, act scared & look pretty; not the kind of movie nostalgia we'd like as Angelina Jolie or Milla Jovovich flex their biceps & kick ass while they also look pretty. +, the cast has some familiar names, but only at the D-list level (somewhere below appearing on "Dancing with the Stars" or "Celebrity Apprentice"). You got Michael Dorn (Worf from "Star Trek: Next Generation"), playing the African-American high-ranking official who must stare out the window looking concerned & arguing w/ his associates over big decisions either in person or on the phone (& pretty much never leaves the office or communicates w/ the guys in danger of the aliens). You got Alexandra Paul, the "streamlined" (nee, curveless) lifeguard in "Baywatch," who surprisingly is so briefly in the movie that she pretty much makes a cameo. & Joe Lando, the long-haired guy on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman." Of course I never saw that show so I ain't sure the short-haired Lando was the leader of the heroes or villains. All in all, "Shockwave" proves to you that there are still movies made w/ blockbuster aspirations but w/ indie budgets. Take a note from Joel Robinson or Mike Nelson. Get some buddies to make fun of "A.I. Assault" to stave off any suicidal pain hoping the movie improves.

Saturnfly It actually gives you the illusion that the dialog isn't completely under-developed. I actually didn't find the acting to be terrible, if they were given some decent lines, well actually if this movie was completely re-written, it would have been a hell of a lot better.The special effects were entertaining, I'm sure the film crew were on a limited budget, and I give them props for what they managed to squeeze from I'm guessing, an already dry lemon. Well aside from the plane scene... But then again, nothing can be made perfect. If you rent this movie, you should expect it not to be worth you're money, because there's a lot of other sci-fi movies out there. But if you you don't care about a measly dollar, then get it out, for a laugh at least. ;)

klchu Wow. Some of my favorite actors are completely wasted in this movie. They try, some more than others, but they can't save this clunker of a script in the hands of an incompetent director. Oh look, the writer and director are the same person: Jim Wynorski.You can tell that this movie had a reasonable budget, but Jim Wynorski doesn't know what to do with it. All of his shots are uninspired and clunky. Likewise, the editing is amateurish. A first year film student could do better.The CGI effects are clean, but they are not integrated well into the live action scenes. Human actors react to things that don't happen, or are out of sync with the CGI action. For example, while being attacked, someone is thrown to the ground by a CGI robot that never gets anywhere close to the actor.Additionally, the music is really lame. Casio keyboard quality from someone's basement.But the worst element is the script. Everything about it is terrible. The story, the lines and the characters are all pathetic.The only things keeping the movie from being a 1 rating are the actors and the rest of the production staff. The camera work is good, as are the costumes, sets, sound, etc. i.e. it's a well-made crappy movie.

kidanubis This movie was identical to the Curse of the Komodo (http://imdb.com/title/tt0346811/), just change giant Komodo dragons with robots and right down to the helicopter with bank robbers and a race to defeat the robots and get off the island before it's nuked (but no Glori-Anne Gilbert boobage). There was even a brief, weird zombie-like scene. Coincidence? Nope. Both were directed by Jim Wynorski (http://imdb.com/name/nm0691061/).The effects weren't bad, but they never developed the plot thread that the robots got smarter the longer they were active. The intelligence level seemed pretty unchanged throughout the movie.Verdict: 1 robot tentacle out of 5